Recent Discussions
ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report, 12-19 September 2016
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 12 September 2016 to 19 September 2016. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide[at]mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
EUROPEAN HISTORY / STUDIES
FUNDS: Leibniz 2017 Summer Fellowships “German and European History in the 20th century” (November 2016)
The Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung / Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) is pleased to invite applications for up to three
Leibniz Summer Fellowships “German and European History in the 20th century”
for the academic year 2017 to study German and European History in the 20th century. These two-month fellowships provide an opportunity to pursue individual research in Germany while participating in the academic life in one of Germany’s major historical research centres.
CFP: Global Classrooms: Intercampus and International Collaborations (Roundtable) - NEMLA Annual Convention (September 2016)
We are looking for 1-4 participants for our round table "Global Classrooms: Intercampus
ANN: Call for Book Reviews for Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature
Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature, an open-access journal of post-1900 literature, seeks reviewers for a number of books on German literature and and film, as well as comparative literature and literary theory. (http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/policies.html#bookreview)
If you are interested in reviewing a book, please reply (nneuman[at]ksu.edu) with the following information:
ANN: Call for Applications - Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies (December 2016)
Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2016
The Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies invites applications for the German Ph.D. for the 2017-2018 academic year. The program combines the strengths and expertise of two leading German Studies faculties in neighboring universities: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.
About the program:
CFP: The Aesthetics of Surveillance: German Perspectives (December 2016)
Type: Call for Papers
Date: March 24-25, 2017
Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Subject Fields: German Studies, Surveillance Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Game Studies, Humanities
Graduate Student Conference in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages at Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. 24–25 March 2017.
CFP: International Graduate Historical Studies Conference, “Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries” (December 2016)
Date: March 31-April 1, 2017
Location: Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan USA
Submission Deadlines: Early: December 19, 2016 Final: February 8, 2017
Contact: histconf[at]cmich.edu
The International Graduate Historical Studies Conference will host “Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries” at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, March 31-April 1, 2017.
ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-German: 5-12 September 2016
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 5 September 2016 to 12 September 2016. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
EUROPEAN HISTORY / STUDIES
CFP: Gendering the Body in Interwar Europe (September 2016)
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Recent Reviews
Rose on Diefendorf and Ward, 'Transnationalism and the German City'
Jeffry M. Diefendorf, Janet Ward, eds. Transnationalism and the German City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2014. ix + 277 pp. $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-137-39016-5.
Reviewed by Shelley Rose (Cleveland State University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Transnational Meets Local in the German City
Westrate on Stone, 'Goodbye to all that?: The Story of Europe since 1945'
Dan Stone. Goodbye to all that?: The Story of Europe since 1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xxvii + 379 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-969771-7.
Reviewed by Michael Westrate (Villanova University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The Rise and Fall of the Antifascist Consensus: Stability and Instability in Postwar Europe
Goodale on Reston, 'Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and his Reformation under Siege'
James Reston. Luther's Fortress: Martin Luther and his Reformation under Siege. New York: Basic Books, 2015. 272 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-465-06393-2.
Reviewed by Jay Goodale (Bucknell University)
Published on H-German (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The German Hercules in Battle and in Exile
Bruton on Bösch and Hoeres, 'Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart'
Frank Bösch, Peter Hoeres, eds. Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Göttingen, Niedersachs: Wallstein, 2013. 343 pp. EUR 29.90 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-8353-1352-1.
Reviewed by Kathryn Bruton (Mississippi State University)
Published on H-German (July, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Public Opinion and the Media in German Foreign Policy
Seul on Bösch, 'Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present'
Frank Bösch. Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 212 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78238-625-4.
Reviewed by Stephanie Seul (Deutsche Presseforschung, University of Bremen, Germany)
Published on H-German (July, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The Media in History: Germany and Beyond
Dack on Kalshoven, 'Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany'
Hedda Kalshoven, ed. Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany. Translated by Hester Velmans and Peter Fritzsche. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2014. xxxiv + 253 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-07985-6; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-03830-3.
Reviewed by W. Mikkel Dack (University of Calgary)
Published on H-German (May, 2016)
Commissioned by Chad Ross
Morina on Forner, 'German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945'
Sean A. Forner. German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xii +383 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04957-4.
Reviewed by Christina Morina (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena)
Published on H-German (April, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Glebe on Baschera and Gordon and Moser, 'Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich'
Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, Christian Moser, eds. Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 320 pp. $134.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7546-9405-2.
Reviewed by Ellen Yutzy Glebe (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-German (March, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Informative Contributions to the Intellectual History of Post-Zwinglian Zurich
Thurman on Aitken and Rosenhaft, 'Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960'
Robbie Aitken, Eve Rosenhaft. Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 379 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04136-3.
Reviewed by Kira Thurman (University of Michigan)
Published on H-German (February, 2016)
Commissioned by Shannon Nagy
The Rise and Fall of a Black Community in German History
Hjembo on Martel, 'The Month That Changed the World: July 1914'
Gordon Martel. The Month That Changed the World: July 1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps. 512 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-966538-9.
Reviewed by Karl Hjembo (Independent Scholar)
Published on H-German (January, 2016)
Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The Diplomatic Struggle and the Resulting Great War